Several musicians have made fun of the money the Music Copyright Society Of Kenya (MCSK) has paid them in royalties on social media.
Bien, the lead singer of Sauti Sol, was the first to upload his M-Pesa statement, which reveals that MCSK paid him Ksh14,634.
Bien questioned how much ‘upcoming’ artists like Khaligraph Jones were paid if he could only receive a meager Ksh14,634 per month.
“Let the weekend begin. I’M RICH B*TCH!!!!! Where the h*es at. We balling out of control this weekend. Your number 1 artist has been paid royalties. I can only imagine what upcoming artists like @khaligraph_jones are getting. DM with today’s plan,” Bien wrote.
Khaligraph responded to Bien for belittling him. “We ni fala sana, ata haukuwa na kitu kwa mpesa kabla wakutumie iyo,” Khaligraph replied to Bien.
Bien was forced to explain why he had zero shillings based on the MPesa balance:
“Bro, I don’t use MPesa. I use mobile banking. It has 0 transaction fees and is safer for me, so I don’t have to leave my number everywhere with foolish people like you and the other dimwits I’m seeing in my comments,” he said.
Stivo Simple Boy said that he was paid Ksh3,000 in his remark on Bien’s post.
“3k yangu imefika leo tunachafua wapi wasani,” Stivo
On the other hand, Kenyan comedian and musician Oga Obinna left fans in stitches after revealing the amount of royalties he received from Music copyright society of Kenya.
Obinna shared a screenshot showing the Ksh 258 he received from MCSK for his music.
